DesiRayMom Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Can anyone tell me if this is something that can be used long-term? My old man SkeeterBug (16 in May) has been battling what the vet thinks is pancreatitis (I'm not so sure about now) and also, as it turns out, an esophageal stricture. We're learning how to manage the stricture.....but the nausea from pancreatitis (or whatever) still seems to be an issue. He's just finished an 8 day course of the Ondansetron (last dose yesterday) and now this evening is showing signs that the nausea is returning. Quote Blessed is the person who has earned the love of an old dog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesiRayMom Posted March 12, 2013 Author Share Posted March 12, 2013 (edited) Can anyone tell me if this is something that can be used long-term? My old man SkeeterBug (16 in May) has been battling what the vet thinks is pancreatitis (I'm not so sure about now) and also, as it turns out, an esophageal stricture. We're learning how to manage the stricture.....but the nausea from pancreatitis (or whatever) still seems to be an issue. He's just finished an 8 day course of the Ondansetron (last dose yesterday) and now this evening is showing signs that the nausea is returning. Sorry.....have no idea how this got double posted.... Edited March 12, 2013 by DesiRayMom Quote Blessed is the person who has earned the love of an old dog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KF_in_Georgia Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Tbhounds once posted that her dog had been on Prilosec for nine months. Quote Kathy and Q (CRT Qadeer from Fuzzy's Cannon and CRT Bonnie) and Jane (WW's Aunt Jane from Trent Lee and Aunt M); photos to come. Missing Silver (5.19.2005-10.27.2016), Tigger (4.5.2007-3.18.2016), darling Sam (5.10.2000-8.8.2013), Jacey-Kasey (5.19.2003-8.22.2011), and Oreo (1997-3.30.2006) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batmom Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 AFAIK you can use it long-term. You can certainly use it for longer than 8 days. You may have to be a little careful with dosing amounts of some other drugs (such as tramadol) and with some antibiotics, but your vet should be able to advise. Gentle scritchies to your Skeeter. Quote Star aka Starz Ovation (Ronco x Oneco Maggie*, litter #48538), Coco aka Low Key (Kiowa Mon Manny x Party Hardy, litter # 59881), and mom in IllinoisWe miss Reko Batman (Trouper Zeke x Marque Louisiana), 11/15/95-6/29/06, Rocco the thistledown whippet, 04/29/93-10/14/08, Reko Zema (Mo Kick x Reko Princess), 8/16/98-4/18/10, the most beautiful girl in the whole USA, my good egg Joseph aka Won by a Nose (Oneco Cufflink x Buy Back), 09/22/2003-03/01/2013, and our gentle sweet Gidget (Digitizer, Dodgem by Design x Sobe Mulberry), 1/29/2006-11/22/2014, gone much too soon. Never forgetting CJC's Buckshot, 1/2/07-10/25/10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbhounds Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 (edited) Yup-Prilosec can be used long term-in fact Dr Couto just started my girl Shannon on it (she's on a metronomic chemo protocol)--I'll be giving it open ended. The only time we have used ondansetron in our clinic is as a pre chemo (given IV) but, I have personally used it (sublingually) in one of my IBD dogs. I gave it to him for a couple of weeks w/o incident. Edited to add-just looked it up in Plumb and there's nothing there to indicate that it can't be used long term. Edited March 12, 2013 by tbhounds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesiRayMom Posted March 13, 2013 Author Share Posted March 13, 2013 Thanks all. I just knew asking here would be way quicker than waiting til I got to work in the morning. Quote Blessed is the person who has earned the love of an old dog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riverhound Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 I have a prescription for Zofran, for myself, with no restrictions for how often I can take it. I only use it for migraines with nausea -- so not often, but I've never been cautioned on frequency as with other migraine drugs (Imitrex, etc.) I know that dogs and people aren't the same,so this is pretty useless. It makes me tired, but not as bad as other anti-emetics that I've tried. Quote Masterful Joe and Naughty N Nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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